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S U P E R N A T U R A L |
Animism | Abenaki, Akamba, Akan, Aleut, Ashanti, Australian Aborigine, Aztec, Blackfoot, Bushongo, Chippewa, Chukchi, Creek, Crow, Dahomey, Dinka, Efik, Evenk, Guarani, Haida, Hawaiian, Huron, Ibo, Inuit, Iroquois, Isoko, Khoikhoi, Kwakiutl, Lakota, Leni, Lenape, Lotuko, Lugbara, Maori, Micronesian, Navaho, Nootka, Pawnee, Polynesian, Pygmy, Salish, Seneca, Tsimshian, Tumbuka, Ute, Winnebago, Yoruba, Yukaghir, Zulu, Zuni | ||||
| Some Modern Neopagans | ||||||
| Animatism | Melanesians | |||||
| Panpsychism | Early, Modern | |||||
| Esotericism & Esoteric Knowledge | Magic, Occultism, Scientology, Kabbalah (related to Judaism), Esoteric Buddhism | |||||
| Mysticism | Mithraism, Gnosticism, Rosicrucians, Freemasons & Co-Masons (Le Droit Humain) | |||||
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Theosophy
& G. I. Gurdjieff,
Anthroposophy (includes Anthroposophy's educational branch Waldorf/Steiner schools, agricultural branch Biodynamic agriculture & medical branch Anthroposophical medicine) |
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| New Age (aka New Age Spirituality) | Reference | Reference.com, Wikipedia, ReligiousTolerance.org, csicop | ||||
| Constituent Elements / Elements Borrowed From | 1) Mystical traditions of most mainstream world religions
2) Early roots in Transcendentalism, Mesmerism, Swedenborgianism, and various early Western esoteric or occult traditions (such as the Hermetic arts of Astrology, Magic, Alchemy, & Cabbala) 3) Later roots in Spiritualism, Theosophy, some forms of New Thought / the Metaphysical movement, Shamanism, Neopaganism, Occultism, Anthroposophy, and spiritual movements of Neo-paganism & Transpersonal Psychology | |||||
| Famous/Influencial New Age Writers |
American trance-diagnostician Edgar Cayce,
British neo-Theosophist Alice Bailey,
Scotland's early intentional New Age community The Findhorn Foundation,
Russian Theosophists Nicholas Roerich and Helena Roerich,
former German Theosophist Rudolf Steiner (Anthroposophy),
Brazil's Spiritualist writer Allan Kardec,
channelers Jane Roberts (Seth) & J.Z. Knight (Ramtha),
Helen Shucman (A Course In Miracles),
James Redfield (The Celestine Prophecy),
Marlo Morgan (Mutant Message Down Under),
Neale Donald Walsch (Conversations With God),
Shirley MacLaine (Out on a Limb),
and contemporary New Age Writers: Andrew Cohen, Michael Sharp, David Spangler, Benjamin Creme, Barry Long, Da Free John, Ram Dass, Louise L. Hay, Caroline Myss, Marianne Williamson, Leonard Orr, Carlos Castaneda, Rajneesh, Khwaja Shamsuddin Azeemi, Wayne Dyer, Mary Manin Morrissey, Tony Samara, Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walsch, Carlos Seeker, Hisham Kabbani, Kabir Helminski, Linda Goodman, Ken Wilber, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Nisargadatta Maharaj, Eckhart Tolle (The Power of Now) | |||||
| Theism | Polytheism | Shamanism | ||||
| Central American empires of the Mayas & Aztecs and the South American empire of the Incas | ||||||
| Jainism [V] | white-clad Svetambaras | |||||
| sky-clad Digambaras | ||||||
| Neo- Paganism | Wicca | Details, Gardnerian Wicca, Alexandrian Wicca, Dianic Wicca, Seax-Wica, Faery Wicca | ||||
| Heathenism (Asatru/Odinism) | ||||||
| Celtic Druidism (details) | ||||||
| Slavic Mythology | ||||||
| Shinto | ||||||
| Ancient Greeks | ||||||
| Ancient Romans | ||||||
| Henotheism | Hinduism | |||||
| Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (partly Monotheistic) | ||||||
| Monotheism | Abrahamic Religions | Rastafarianism | ||||
| Islam | Sunni | |||||
| Shi'a | ||||||
| Sufi | ||||||
| Wahhabi | ||||||
| Judaism | Orthodox | |||||
| Conservative | ||||||
| Reform | ||||||
| Vegetarian [V] | ||||||
| Christianity | Western Liturgical Family | Roman Catholicism (and Catholic Orders: Augustinians - O.S.A., Barnabites - C.R.S.P., Benedictines - O.S.B. [V?], Bernardines, Brothers of the Christian Schools (Lasallian Brothers or Christian Brothers) - F.S.C., Bridgitines - C.S.B., Carmelites - O.C., O.C.D., O.C.D.S. [V?], Carthusians - O.Cart., Celestines, Cistercians - O.Cist. [V?], Divine Word Missionaries - D.V.M., Dominicans - O.P., Franciscans - O.F.M. [V?], Institute of Charity (Rosminians) - I.C., Jesuits - S.J., Little Sisters of the Poor, Congregation of the Holy Cross - C.S.C., Missionaries of Charity - M.C., Missionaries of the Sacred Heart - M.S.C., Norbertines - C.R.P., Oblates Of Mary Immaculate - O.M.I., Passionists - C.P., Piarists - S.P., Redemptorists - C.SS.R., Resurrectionists - C.R., Salesians of Don Bosco - S.D.B., Sisters of Charity, Sisters of Mercy - R.S.M., Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur - S.N.D., S.N.D. de N., Sulpicians - P.S.S., Trappists - O.C.R., O.C.S.O. [V?], ), including the Latin Rite and the Eastern Rite Churches: (Armenian 5 Catholic Church, Chaldean C.C., Coptic C.C., Marionite C.C., Melkite C.C., Syrian C.C.); Old Catholicism; Anglican Communion | ||||
| Eastern Orthodox Family | Eastern Orthodox, including Orthodox churches from Russia, Greece, Serbia | |||||
| Protestant / Protestant Denominations | Adventist Family: Seventh-Day Adventists [V], Jehovah's Witnesses, British Israelism | |||||
| Baptist Family: Southern Baptists, American Baptists | ||||||
| Christian Science-Metaphysical Family: Christian Science, New Thought | ||||||
| Communal Family: The Jesus People, Twin Oaks | ||||||
| European Free-Church Family (Anabaptist): Amish, Hutterites, Beachy and Brethren groups, Dunkards, Landmark Baptists, Mennonites | ||||||
| Other Anabaptists:
Quakers, including
Friends Vegetarian Society (UK) [V] & Friends Vegetarian Society (Louisville, KY, US) [V] |
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| Holiness Family: Christian and Missionary Alliance, Church of the Nazarene | ||||||
| Independent Fundamentalist Family: Plymouth Brethren, Fundamentalists | ||||||
| Latter-day Saints / Mormon Family: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (partly Henotheistic), The Community of Christ | ||||||
| Lutheran Family: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Lutheran church - Missouri Synod | ||||||
| Messianic Judaism: Jews For Jesus, others | ||||||
| Pentecostal Family: Assemblies of God, Church of God (Cleveland, TN) | ||||||
| Pietist-Methodist Family: Scandinavian Pietism, United Methodist Church, other Methodists | ||||||
| Reformed-Presbyterian Family: Reformed, various Presbyterian churches, Congregational, United Church of Christ | ||||||
| Center for Progressive Christianity | ||||||
| Ecumenical Christian Vegetarian [V] | ||||||
| Sikhism | ||||||
| Baha'i Faith | ||||||
| Cherokee | ||||||
| Panentheism | Most South American cultures (except the Incas, who were polytheistic), most ancient South East Asian cultures, Process Theology, Creation Spirituality, Panentheist Circle | |||||
| M I X |
Unitarian Universalism | Introduction, Groups, World-Wide, Canada, US, Spanish | ||||
| Green Sanctuary | Details, UU World, 7th Principle | |||||
| Certified Churches | Albuquerque NM, Morristown NJ, Portland OR, Upper Valley Norwich VT, Sarnia & Port Huron ON, Harrisburg PA, Hamilton ON, Devon Mainline PA | |||||
| Almost Certified | Ann Arbor MI, Rocky River West Shore OH, Auburn AL, West Chester PA, Yellow Springs OH, Orlando FL, Brookfield WI, Portland OR | |||||
| UFETA | Vegetarian / Vegan Pastor: Gary Kowalski (Burlington, Vermont) | |||||
| Deism | History, Beliefs & Practices | |||||
| Tom Harpur [V] | ||||||
| Clarke, Collins & Voltaire [V] | ||||||
| Locke's Empiricism | ||||||
| Famous Deists | Denis Diderot, Benjamin Franklin [V], William Hogarth, David Hume, Thomas Jefferson [V], Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, John Locke, James Madison, Thomas Paine [V], Baruch Spinoza, Voltaire [V], George Washington | |||||
| United Deist Community | ||||||
| Pantheism: Classic ('classical', dualistic', or 'archaic') | Most North American natives (except Cherokee who were monotheistic), Mahayana Buddhism, Zen Buddhism (fusion of Mahayana Buddhism & Taoism), Advaita Vedanta Hinduism, Baruch Spinoza, Some New Age Groups | |||||
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Pantheism: Modern ('scientific pantheism', 'naturalistic pantheism', 'spiritual naturalism') | Universal Pantheist Society / Web Site | ||||
| World Pantheist Movement | UK Site | |||||
| WPM Vegetarians [V] | ||||||
| Naturalistic Spirituality | ||||||
| Agnosticism | Thomas Henry Huxley | |||||
| Rationalism | ||||||
| Atheism | Theravada Buddhism | |||||
| Friedrich Nietzsche, Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, Logical Positivism | ||||||
| Materialism | ||||||
| Humanism | Christian | |||||
| Philosophical | ||||||
| Renaissance | ||||||
| Literary | ||||||
| Cultural | ||||||
| Modern (Atheist & Agnostic) | Secular | Council for Secular Humanism | ||||
| HAT Discussions & Talks | ||||||
| Religious | Ethical Culture Societies | |||||
| Society for Humanistic Judaism | ||||||
| Church of Spiritual Humanism | ||||||
| HUUmanists (affiliated with Unitarian Universalism) | ||||||
| Universism & Freethought | Universism, Freethought, United Universists, Toronto Secular Alliance | |||||
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